The Composer is Dead, a Book with Words, Pictures and Music
Posted on: July 25, 2012
“The Composer is Dead,” is, in my humble opinion, a wonderful book (hilarious, witty, and deceptively educational) which embraces music as an indispensable element of what makes life good. In my book, it’s right up there with Leonard Bernstein’s narration of “Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” (for which, sadly, I’ve not yet discovered an illustration) and Ogden Nash’s poems for Saint-Saens’ “Carnival of the Animals.”
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The Composer is Dead
Text by Lemony Snicket
Music by Nathaniel Stookey
Illustrated by Carson Ellis
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Video for “The Composer is Dead,” part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH_82oGKIVQ
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Video for “The Composer is Dead,” part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bufNXfRL-Kk
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Video for promo a live performance at Berkeley Repertory Theatre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov2F2JcFwxQ
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Video made as companion to Berkeley Repertory Theatre Production by Lemony Snicket as to “Why the theatre is important,”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4Ifk7p-dc
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Author (Lemony Snicket) and Composer (Nathaniel Stookey) discuss the work
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPBDHnlhvSQ
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The Composer is Dead, wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Composer_Is_Dead
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Related Posts
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PICTURE BOOKS (NOT NECESSARILY SINGABLE) WHICH EMBRACE MUSIC AS AN IMPORTANT AND ENRICHING PART OF OUR LIVES
http://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2011/07/24/picture-books-not-necessarily-singable-which-embrase-music-as-an-important-and-enriching-component-of-our-lives/
